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5 Trends in surgery center mergers and acquisitions for 2019 Hospital acquisition of physician practices up 128% in 5.5 years: 4 details Syracuse Orthopedic Specialists opening orthopedic surgery center in April – 5 insights Illinois group sells 2 ASCs Northwell Health adds total joints at Schwartz Ambulatory Center, plans to expand other ASCs services Physician group adds $2.8M ASC to 7-practice portfolio – 1 year ago 'weren't an entity' $8.4M joint venture ASC gets New York State approval – 4 insights What CMS' site-neural policies mean for surgery center M&A – 3 insights CODING & BILLING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33-38 Surgery center awarded $27K+ in workers' comp lawsuit – 6 details Apple & Aetna build app rewarding member behavior – 7 things to know After losing Medicaid benefits, Ohio hospital faces 2 options, including ASC conversion 10 ways ASCs can reduce denials, improve the appeals process How 3 ASC administrators deal with the rise in high deductible plans ORHub enters Arkansas market with ASC agreement – 3 notes EXECUTIVE BRIEFING: Connectivity, simplicity & more – How this new time saving warming cabinet brings ease into nurse workflows . . . . . . . 39-42 ORTHOPEDICS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43-48 GASTROENTEROLOGY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49-53 QUALITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54-57 HEALTHCARE NEWS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58-62 ADVERTISING INDEX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62